Librarians don't bite: Assessing library orientation for freshmen

Reference Services Review

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 394-403

  Goebel Brown, Ann ^a   Weingart, Sandra ^a   Johnson, Judith R J ^a   Dance, Betty ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Information facilities; Information services; Undergraduates; User studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992948030     PISSN: 00907324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00907320410569752     Document Type: Review

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